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I used the app Wunderlist for a while, but then I got pregnant and never used it again. It was great way to add reoccuring to-do items that happen each month and you can snooze items and remind you in a week.

I need redownload the app. Oh, I probably lost the app when I got a new phone. That's why.

I put them in my phone in the Reminders app. It is especially good for small stuff that I just need to remember "later" (like if I'm at work and think of something that needs to be done at home) because I can schedule them and have it remind me. I set reminders for everything these days, even things like taking my pre-natals. I feel like it has freed up some of my brain space since I know my phone will remember even if I don't.

I use the ToDoist app for lists. I'm happy if I can do two or three chores a day depending on the day.

I think about efficiency of movements. So when I'm folding laundry, I map the drop points in my head so that I'm not walking back and forth between rooms and go in a way that takes the shortest route. If I'm going from one room to another I automatically think if there's something I need to move to that room or bring back, etc. I also try to be "done" with a room when I leave it - so make the bed, tidy it up, close the closet door, etc.

At night I always try to reset for the next day before going to bed. Daycare bags, coffee set, laundry put away, etc. It helps reduce low grade anxiety and I can sleep better.

I try to be a day ahead on meals. I prefer to cook in advance and reheat instead of cooking things from scratch that night.

The only lists I keep anymore are groceries and meal plans. We try to keep a pretty consistent daily routine here so there's less to remember to do. I do laundry daily, dishes get done every day, DH and I do a quick pick up at night after the kids are in bed, our housecleaner comes twice a month, and ROOMBA and Lysol wipes handle the interim. Appointments just go into our family Google calendar.

What about using one of those big monthly calendar blotters?

Assign stuff a day to execute it, even if it has no urgency on that particular day. I find that I never accomplish stuff to get done this month or week, but a task assigned to a day I will
complete.

For work stuff, I created a daily schedule of todos that I do in a specific order each day. It really helps remove the element of choice - because if I had a choice, I wouldn't do any of this stuff, ever!

First, everything goes on a list on my phone so they're not just swirling in my head! Second, I have different priority lists.. Stuff that needs to get done today, this week, later, etc. Third, I have an excel week at a glance kinda calendar so the immediate things I have to do I actually put it in a day/time slot to ensure I'll do it.